Dr. Stephen Schneider, a Stanford University professor and Nobel Laureate on climate change, will be taking part in Hawaii Pacific University's "A Global Citizenship Lecture Series" on April 1 and 2.

The April 1 lecture at 2 p.m. is open to the HPU community and media only. The lecture, "Global Warming: Is the Science Settled enough for Policy?" will be at at the Paul and Vi Loo Theatre, Hawaii Loa Campus.

Schneider will also hold a lecture that is open to the public at 7 p.m. on April 1 entitled "Is the Science of Global Warming Settled?"

The lecture will be one hour, followed by questions and answers. It will be at the Tenney Theatre, Cathedral Church of Saint Andrew, Queen Emma Square.

Another lecture for HPU students and faculty is April 2 from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. "Global Warming: Teaching and Learning Complex Science Without Oversimplifying" is a one-hour lecture followed by discussion with faculty and students at the downtown campus at the rRed Elephant, 1144 Bethel St.

Schneider is the Melvin and Joan Lane professor for Interdisciplinary Environmental Studies, professor of Biological Sciences, professor (by courtesy) of Civil and Environmental Engineering, and a senior fellow in the Woods Institute for the Environment at Stanford University.

He has been actively involved with Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, an initiative of the United Nations Environment Program and the World Meteorological Organization since its origin in 1988.

After decades of work, Schneider, along with four generations of IPCC authors, received a collective Nobel Peace Prize for their joint efforts in 2007.

The lecture series is partially supported through HPU's participation in the Shared Futures project on global learning in general education, sponsored by the American Association of Colleges and Universities.